"The unfolding of your words gives light ..." (Psalm 119:130a)
“First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.” (1Timothy 2:1-2)
“Pray for earthly peace, not that you might be comfortable, but that you might be fruitful.” (The Pastoral Epistles for Pastors, p.87)
“I want you to see from Scripture that there is one grand story, one true story that is being written across history, and that your life can be part of it. Your life can contribute to the fulfillment and completion of that story. You are not an accident. The ordering of your life is not a mistake. There is a point to it all and a purpose for your existence. Your life can have meaning and can contribute to what God is doing from all eternity.” (Long Story Short, p.19)
“Rebellion has no aversion to religion. Rebellion is at home in robes of righteousness … the more hideous expressions of rebellion do nothing to look outwardly defiant … Rebellion can carry a Bible to church and don a pious look upon its face as easily as spirituality can.” (p.16, Embracing Authority)
“Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.” –G.K. Chesterton
“Preaching is not the performance of an hour. It is the outflow of a life. It takes twenty years to make a sermon, because it takes twenty years to make the man. The true sermon is a thing of life. The sermon grows because the man grows. The sermon is forceful because the man is forceful. The sermon is holy because the man is holy. The sermon is full of the divine unction because the man is full of the divine unction.” (E.M. Bounds, Power Through Prayer, p.8)
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